The "booty call": A compromise between men's and women's ideal mating strategies

Journal of Sex Research

Volumn 46, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 460-470

  Jonason, Peter K ^a   Li, Norman P ^b   Cason, Margaret J ^b  

^a NEW MEXICO STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADULT; ARTICLE; COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HUMAN; INTERPERSONAL COMMUNICATION; MALE; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; SEXUALITY; UNITED STATES; UNIVERSITY;

COURTSHIP; FEMALE; HUMANS; MALE; NEGOTIATING; NEW MEXICO; SEXUAL PARTNERS; TEXAS; UNIVERSITIES; YOUNG ADULT;

EID: 75149158096     PISSN: 00224499     EISSN: 15598519     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00224490902775827     Document Type: Article

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